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Kellogg Bayfront Park in Santa Rosa Beach open to the public

Kayak, canoe, and stand up paddle board launch on the Choctawhatchee Bay A new waterfront park is open on the Choctawhatchee Bay. The long awaited Kellogg Bayfront Park in Santa Rosa Beach boasts panoramic vistas, along with easy access to the bay for kayaks, canoes, and stand up paddle boards. Amenities include vessel ramp, several picnic tables, shower, water fountain and water spigot. The fenced park area does not include vehicle parking, however you may facilitate the ramp area while...

Native Plant Demonstration Garden and Trail grand opening June 21

Join the Walton County Master Gardeners, Northwest Florida State College, and the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance  for the grand opening of the Native Plant Demonstration Garden and Trail at the Northwest Florida State College South Walton Center. The event will be held on June 21, 2013 at 4 p.m. Both the Walton Area & Destin Area Chambers of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting to open the garden and trail, which everyone is invited to enjoy. Immediately following, from 5 –...

Ribbon cutting held for new Padgett Park Community Center

  • November 19, 2012
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Center open, play area completed On Nov. 19, Walton County District 5 commissioner Cecilia Jones hosted a ribbon cutting for the new Padgett Park on J.D. Miller Road in Santa Rosa Beach. The park is named after Timothy Padgett, a Special Forces medical sergeant from Walton County who died in the line of duty in Afghanistan in 2007. Also in attendance was Padgett’s mother Glenda Penton and newly elected District 5 commissioner Cindy Meadows. The Community Center is the first...

Early autumn in Walton County abounds with color

Autumn brings colorful display to forest floors Fall brings a colorful time to explore the outdoors in  Northwest Florida. In Walton County, we are fortunate to have several State Parks and the Point Washington State Forest providing and abundance of seasonal wildflowers and migrating butterflies. To name just a few native flowers in bloom this time of year are wild buckweat (Eriogonum tomentosum), hairy jointweed (Polygonella basiramia), senna symeria (seymeria cassioides), goldenaster (Chrysopsis sabrella), goldenrod (Soldago tortifolia), figwort (Agalinis satacea)...

Dead River Landing park improvements near completion

New parking area, camp sites and camping areas By Jeffrey Powell DeFuniak Springs Herald Thanks in large part to a $175,000 grant from the Northwest Florida Water Management District the Dead River Landing has received several much needed improvements recently and is scheduled to re-open within the week. A popular fishing and hunting access to the Choctawhatchee River, Dead River Landing has been used by locals and visitors alike for many years. During hunting season it is common to have...